Invincible son

Chapter 299 298 [First Battle]

Outside Jiming Village, the Western Wu infantry did not start attacking the city immediately.

Under the watchful eyes of the defenders on the city wall, they set up camp ten miles outside the city in a leisurely manner.At the same time, Sanqian Qingqi was watching covetously. If Liang Jun wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to attack, it would be exactly what they wanted.

Qin Xian watched coldly, unmoved.

The first day was spent in this tense and dull atmosphere.

In the early morning of the next day, the soldiers of Daliang, who had not slept well all night, discovered that the people of Xiwu still had no plans to attack the city.

A large number of civilian men appeared at the side of the Wu army camp, dragged carts and equipment to the foot of Jiming Mountain, dug up the soil and transported it to a place about four miles away from Jiming Village, and began to pile up the earth mountain.As time passed, when the sun was about three poles high, an earth mountain more than ten feet high appeared not far from the west gate of Jiming Village.

A burly general of Western Wu, under the protection of his own soldiers, climbed up the earth mountain and observed the situation in Jiming Village calmly.

He is Zhang Qingbai's favorite general, Guo Rong, the chief ten thousand who was in charge of capturing Jiming Village.

On the city wall, Xue Meng gritted his teeth and said: "Brother, let me go out of the city from the east and rush behind them once, killing the arrogance of this guy."

Qin Xian said calmly: "Head the order, prepare to meet the enemy."

Xue Meng was stunned for a moment, he glanced at the general of Western Wu on the distant earth hill with hatred, and turned his head to convey the order.

After a while, Guo Rong walked down the earth mountain, and the ten commanders stood in full uniform and stood waiting. He said seriously, "Everyone, the general gave us five days, but I hope that after sunset today, I can be with you in Jiming Village. Hold a grand celebration banquet. After the stronghold is broken, all the gold and silver property in the city will be divided equally among you."

"Follow the order!"

The commanders shouted excitedly.

Guo Rong waved his hand, and everyone took their leave and left. Immediately after that, they heard the sound of drums in the camp of the Chinese army.

A row of twenty double-tip gun carriages appeared at the front of the Western Wu army's position.This kind of cannon cart is a catapult, which uses the principle of leverage to project the cannon stone.Unlike the previous raids on Daokou Village, Guo Rong brought a complete set of siege equipment this time, otherwise he would not be able to gnaw down the hard bone of Jiming Village with just a simple ladder.

The infantry put a stone weighing more than 50 kilograms into the leather sheath at the long end of the cannon, and more than 30 ropes were tied to the short end. Each of them pulled a rope, and then stepped back at the same time.

"put!"

A centurion roared loudly.

Twenty boulders soared into the sky with astonishing potential energy, drawing a perfect parabola in mid-air, flying towards the city wall of Jiming Village like a meteor galloping across the vastness.

"boom!"

The huge boulder fell on the city wall. Although it didn't smash down the city wall directly, countless egg-sized gravel burst out in an instant.Even though Qin Xian had ordered the defenders to take cover at the moment when the catapult appeared, there were still many soldiers who were hit in the face by the swiftly shot gravel.

The one in the middle died on the spot, and his death was extremely miserable.

For a while, it was like hell on earth.

While the catapult continued to throw boulders, two teams of thousands of people from Xiwu began to advance towards the city gate.

They were covered with wooden curtains and shields, and the soldiers in front of the team pushed ladder carts and wooden donkeys with pointed tops.The latter is a remodeled siege vehicle, covered with protective wooden boards and covered with rawhide, it is not afraid of flying stone arrows, and can even defend against fire attacks.

When the two thousand-man teams arrived outside the gate of Jiming Walled City, the catapult finally stopped attacking, and then continued to move forward slowly.

The 1000 Qingqi were divided into [-] people, and then they were divided into two, and they came to the flanks of the pawns and began to cover with cavalry and shooting.

The sound of the drums suddenly became more and more rapid, causing the hearts of all the soldiers of Western Wu to beat wildly in their chests.They looked up at the six-foot-high city wall, and there was no panic or fear in their eyes, but bloodthirsty and violent looks in their eyes.

A military judge in the rear raised his arms and shouted: "The general has an order, the first climber will be promoted to commander-in-chief, and a hundred taels of gold will be given!"

On the battlefield that was about to explode, suddenly fell into a shocking silence, and the time of this silence was extremely short.

In the dazzling sunlight of midsummer, the soldiers of Western Wu licked their dry lips one after another.

It took only a moment to go from silence to uproar.

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

The ladder cart was pushed under the city wall, and the pointed wooden donkey rushed to the city gate.

They are not rookies who have just entered the battlefield, but veterans who have been in the army for at least five years. They have fought countless small-scale battles with the Daliang army on the border, and they will not have the slightest feeling of fear and retreat at this moment.

The siege battle officially sounded the horn.

A Western Wu soldier climbed onto the ladder car with a face full of excitement. The city wall of Jiming Village was already within reach. He couldn't wait to jump up, but just as he touched the edge of the city wall, a mace about seven feet long There was a faint sound of wind and thunder hitting his head.

This brave and burly soldier didn't even snort, his body instantly fell from the sky like a pool of soft mud.

Half of his head was covered with small holes, spraying blood in the air.

The mace is a thick wooden board covered with sharp iron nails.

Xue Meng stood proudly behind the wall, the muscles of his arms almost tore through his sleeves. Only a person with natural power like him can wield a giant weapon like a mace.

Similar scenes happened on every wall.

Although the Xiwu Rui soldiers are not afraid of death, they are flesh and blood after all.

No matter how elite they are, they must use human lives to attack and ascend the city by force.

Fill until the opponent is exhausted, fill until the opponent runs out of defense equipment, and fill until the opponent's knife-edge curls.

When the strength of the two sides is almost the same, this is the only way to win, and there is no possibility of opportunism.

There was a strong bloody smell in the air, and it had even drifted into the main formation of Xiwu.

Guo Rong came to the earth mountain again, watching the battle near the city wall expressionlessly, watching those subordinates who were desperate and then died tragically, his eyes did not fluctuate at all.At this moment, what he was thinking about was Liang Jun's chief general, because judging from the current situation, the opponent still had a lot of backhands hidden. Even when the Western Wu infantry began to attack the city, he didn't even use his archers. The golden juice of rolling wood and rocks is also gone.

Melee weapons and the personal bravery of the soldiers alone blocked the first wave of extremely brave offensives of the two thousand-man teams in Western Wu.

Obviously this is a very calm opponent.

After about half a stick of incense, no Western Wu infantry could really stand on the city wall. He turned his head to look at the herald standing beside him, and said calmly, "Let the Liu family brothers go and replace them."

"Follow the order!" The herald immediately went down the mountain.

On the right side of the Western Wu position, two commanders with the same body and appearance looked at each other, then turned their heads to look at Guo Rong on the dirt hill in a tacit understanding, with a ferocious and cruel smile on their lips.

(End of this chapter)